Automatic plate-carrier for use in the manufacture of tin and terne plates.



AUTOMATIC PLATE CARRIER 20R USE IN THE MANUFACTURE I AND TERNE PLATES.

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OF TIN" No. 895,024. 1 AUTOMATIC PLATE GA PATENTED AUG.4,1908 1;

T. JAMES. r BRIER FOR USE IN THE MANUFAGTU 1 TBRNE PLATES. I v

APFLICATIOH FILED OUT. 17- 1501.

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moms auras, or MORRISTONQENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO GRIFFITH THOMA-S, or cou'nr HERBERL-ENG LQND, AND 'DAVID MATTHEWS, OF MORRISTON, ENGLAND.

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Be it known that I, THOMAS James, a subect of the-King of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of me House ,Crown street, Morriston county or Glamorgan,Wales, En land,

have invented certain new and usefu Imrovements' in Automatic Plate-Carriers for se 1n the Manufacture of Tin and Terne Plates, (for which I have obtained a patent m Gre at Bntam, No. 23,899, hearing date j ,October 2 6, 1906,) of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relatesto that part-of the process of tin and terne plating in which the plates have to be removed from the grease pot and transferred .to the branning macline.

The object of the invention is in the main to avoid the forming of a list or extra thickness of tin or alloy near that edge of the late which lastleaves the tinning rolls, and

rther to obviate the necessity for lifting the plates from the last rolls in the tin'ning bath with the aid of tongs.

The invention consists in causing the edge roll in a which would cut the roll if it were pro: by this means the edge of the by the roll and the sulate is-wi pe uous tin removed, and this result is at-' .tained b means of a series of guide bars and guide ro lers mounted in a frame hinged to the top of the tinning trough, which bars and rollers receive the plates from the tinning rolls and serve subsequently to guide them to any well known apparatus for transferring them to the branning machine.

Thejaccom-panying drawings illustrate the way in which the invention is carried into effect.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the appa Fig. 2 Lisa part. plan view with the illustrate the manner in which the plate should leave the tinning rolls.

In these views a represents the greasetrough, and a, a the last pair t tinning rolls.

when it has completely issued from the ro top of the trou h is a plate 0 and these plates 7 together with t e cross bar's form a frame on which are mounted the guide rollers and guide bars now to be mentioned.

When the tin plate (re resented by the dotted line m Fig, 1) rises rom the last pair 4 of rolls it meets with an up er series of guide bars (1 mounted on a cross bar e fastened between the plates 0-. These guide bars have a slot and bolt arrangement intermediate of their length as shownifor the purpose of ad-r justment. I find it advantageous .though outer surface of the tin-plate near its edge as hereinafter described.

A lower set of guide bars f 006 crates with the upper set d, and have a simi ar arrange ment or adjustment. They are bolted to the "cross bar g. These bars f are adjusted so late which has passed through the rolls to eep an upright position, but as the edge leaves the rolls the upright position is lost. If the plate were to leave the rolls vertically as shown diagrammatically in Fig. 4; it would take up an'extr'a quantity of tin (calledthe list) near its lower edge and it is an ob ect of my invention to avoid this. Fig. 5 shows the manner in which the guide rods (1, f cocause it to leave the-rolls, not tangent1ally,

but in a path which cuts the circle of the roll a. The tin-plate next comes into contact with a series of guide rolls h mounted on aspindle which runsfreely, in bearings 1n the S1(l8 plates 0, and next with a series of guide rolls k. These rolls 7: are mounted on a s indle fitted with a chain Wheel Z which 18 riven from a chain wheel m, mounted freely on a spindle n-and fast with a gear wheel 0 which, when theframe is down in the driving position in Figs. 1 and 2, gears with the gear wheel I) of the roll a. The spindle 7 1s mounted in a plate-q which is adjustable on the frame plate 0. A series of guide bars 1' serve to conduct the plates to the brannmg machine or to some intermediate device.

s, s are wiping brushes which may be allowed to impinge on the guide rolls to re 105 move any excess of grease' Patented au .4, '1ecs. 56

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not absolutely necessary toemploy-a hori-r -zontal bar d bolted to the lower-ends of the bars'd to exercises. wiping action on the as to cause that portion of the traveling operating with the elasticity of the tin-plate V Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. In a tin and terne plate carrying mech anism, a frame, curved guides on the frame,

rolls for drawing late from abath, a.bar

connecting the en 5 of the guides acting to 7 M e the plate passing from the rolls to the g des.

2. In a tm and terne platecarrylng mechanism, curved guides arranged in pair's, rolls for drawing plate from a bath, means for suspending the ends of the guide above the rolls whereby the plates from the rolls are directed to the guides and means on the lower ends of the guides for wiping the plates.

3.- In a tin and'terne plate carrying mechanism, rolls for drawing plates from a bath,

curved guides arranged one above the other having their ends suspended above the rolls and a device secured to one ofa air of guides fordwiping the plate passing etween the 4. In a t.inand terne plate carrying mechanism, a name, jointed guiding members cartion of the guiding members to each other,

ing members for wiping the plates.

5. In a tin and terne plate carrying mechanism, a frame,v means for'supportmg the frame and permitting it to swing on its pivots, jointed guiding members carried on the frame, means for adjusting the relation of the guiding members to each other and means for delivering plates to the guiding members;

6. In a tin and terne plate carrying mechanism, a irame, jointed guiding members can ried thereon, means for adjusting the relation of the 'ding'membersto each other, means for dehrering plates to the guiding members and means for feeding the nally of the said members.

In itestimony'whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. THOMAS JAMES, 'itnesses:

WILLIAM Runs,

TnonAs MEnRELL I ried thereommeans for adjusting the rela means for delivering plates .to vtheiguiding members and means on the ends of the guidplates longitudi- -4 5 

